Mono Di Twins deliver 35-37 weeks?

My perinatologist said that he likes to deliver Mono/Di twins between 35-37 weeks. I'm 35 weeks tomorrow and will find out on Tuesday when we will want to deliver the girls. (We had a few scares with elevated dopplers and dropping off of the growth curves, they think the placenta might be getting tired)

I'll be pushing for 36 1/2 weeks at the least... but I was curious. Has anyone else been told this about their mono di twins??

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Nope. My OB told us that the hospital does not like to deliver twins by inducing or scheduled C-section until 38 weeks if all is well. I had mono/di twins and had a scheduled C-section at 38 weeks 1 day. However, I did not have any complications with my pregnancy.

I had no complication with my boys at all either, and was told that we would not do a scheduled c-section to deliver the twins until at least 38 weeks (actually, 39 weeks, as my 38th week was the Christmas holiday last year).

My guys decided they couldn't wait, and were born 37 weeks to the day at very heathly weights, although Twin A weight a pound less than Twin B.

I've heard of it and honestly it drives me nuts. A friend is PG w/ mono/di's with no complications and they've convinced her to have a scheduled c/s at 36 wks 5 days b/c she probably won't go that far anyway (again, she's had no complications) and term is 37 wks for twins. Sigh....

Oh, and did I mention the c/s is scheduled for 2 days before the new year (for the tax credit).

With u/s's, every time I got a new tech, the sizes of the babies changed. A lot. Like Twin A was bigger, then suddenly Twin B was bigger, then it switched again (in lock step with the tech I saw).

It wasn't so much the size changes they were concerned with but the high doppler flows (meaning the blood was having a hard time getting to the babies)They've been monitoring it pretty close.

We'll see if I even make it to the point where they would like to induce. I'm over 3cm dilated and Baby A is very very low. I think they expect my water to break before they have to do anything. I was just curious to see what other people had been told before.

My OB had spoken to me no longer than 37 weeks for delivery. Right now I have one smaller twin than the other but no TTTS or any other complications. So the possiblity of an even earlier delivery will all depend on the rate they continue to grow.

I was scheduled for a c-section at 36 weeks (in australia) but the twins arrived early at 32 weeks after my water broke and labour started without my permission! I was strating to have some complications like rising blood pressure but as mine started low anyways it wasn't off the charts, just higher than it had been........The twins were 15grams different in weight (1800 and 1815) so about four pounds. I guess the issue is do you trust this doctor or not? If you have reservations, you may need to seek other options...........

I have a scheduled C-sect for 38 weeks and ended up with my water breaking at 33 weeks 5 days. They delivered and the boys were in NICU for 8 days. My Dr said he did not think I would have made it regardless of my water breaking because my blood pressure was getting too high and I was retaining water like crazy!

If you trust your Dr then I would take his advice. They are the experts and the ones who have to weigh your health and the babies.